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Ohriniinn Ohnrnh.

The Rev. DR.. Briney, pastor OF the
Linden Street Christian Church, began
seriet Of sermons yesterday morning
that promises to be interesting and
instructive, the subject being "The
Church" The phase Of the subject
presented yesterday was "rt @
Foundation OF the Church-is it
Christ, or Peter p The speaker took
for his text Matthew xvi, 1913: HE
saith unto them, but who say ye that
l amp And Simon Peter answered
and iald, Thou art the Christ, the
Son Of the living God. And Jesus
answered and said unto him, Blessed
art thou, Simon BarjoDa; for flesh
and blood hath not revealed it unto
thee, but my Father which 10 in
heaven. And i say also unto thee,
that thou art Peter, and upon this
rock l will build my church and the
gates Of hell (hades) shall not prevail
against it."
After reading the To Mr.. Briney
said:
This passage opens the field OF con-
troversy occupied by Professionals on
the one side and Roman Catholics on
the other, the latter claiming that the
church was built upon Peter, while
the former contend that 1t Yves founded
upon Christ. It is not my purpose to
enter into the details Of this contro-
versy on this occasion, but simply to
present some OF the results Of my own
investigation Of the question. A fail
ure 10 observe the distinction between
two words used in the text, is cal.
culated to beget confusion in the mind
OF the text. These words are petroS
and petra, the former being the name
OF an apostle, while the latter indi-
Gates the foundation of the church.
Christ did not say that he would build
bis church on the peiros, but the petra.
PetroS means a stone, wAlle peird
means rock or cliff Of immense
size." While Peter could appropriately
wear the former as q name, he in no
sense met the demands Of the latter.
He was stone, but be was not q rock
or cliff OF immense size" per se, nor
as compared with the let Of the apoE-
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as His Justice felt toward
with men and feels toward
sin. . Take any attribute
you wish to understand In
God, the sure and perfect wsy to un-
derstand 1t is through the same attri-
butte as We may trace 1t in the charac-
ter OF Christ, and wa NAV comprehend
II in his words and actions.
FIom before this sublime conception
OF the Deity, unfolded 10 us through
the Christ born, all cruelty, all ipjus-
tice, all repulsive thoughts take wings
and fly away. No man ran ever turn
to God that he will not fiud thai God
10 more than turned 10 him.
God has come to us through Jesus
Christ. As we know Christ we know
God. All that Christ hes said and
done, all that he has felt for man,
God has said and done
and God has felt for man.
The all important question is, what
are you going to do with God as thus
revealed 2 How are you going to treat
dimP Your whole eternity depends
upon your answer to the question. 1
have been widely misrepresented or
misunderstood in my sern on last
Sunday might. II has been charged
that / said-.hst faith in Christ was
not important, that II men only lived q
moral life tEey would be safe enough.
l said nothing OF the kind, nor
can comprehend how any hon.
est lister er could go hove
understood anything l taid. isNaa
apeskiDg OF the prospect Of the
heather world. said that those who
did the best they could, who lived
noble, virtuous lives and lopged for
truth, would no doubt be saved, be-
cause such men would go into eterni-
~ with natures fitted to fall in love
with God, accept the truth ard wor.
ship Christ the moment they bt held
things as they are. But | could not
say that OF you. You have God with
you here. You have Jesus Christ be-
fore you every day II you turn your
backs upon Him, II you do not re-
'pond with love and feith to4 the
and inoeesant glory OF Gods
beauty, without repentance, faith or
owe, can eee no reason why you
muat not pereh.
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FIrat laathodint Churah.

The Rev. David Lsith, now sta.
toned at Trenton. Tenn, supplied the
pulpit Of the First Methodist Church
morning and evening. in the absence
Of the pastor, the Rev.R H.Mahon. Mr..
Leith possesses gr at solidity OF
thought and feTvor OF speech, charac.
teristic oil the native scotchmaD, and
is one OF the very best preachers in
the Memphis Conference. He has
many friends In our city. Below will
be found synopsis Of his morning
sermon, which was much enjoyed by
the congregation who Eelrd him.
His text was, Wherefore has thou
stolen my Godsi -" For Jacob
knew not that Rachel had stolen
them" His points we're:
l. Piety does not run in the blood.
Laban had illustrious relatives. He
was the grandson OF Major, Abra-
hams brother, the cousin of Isaac, the
father-in-law OF Jacob and the grand
father Of the heads OF the twelve
tribes Of Israel. Yet he had his
goods" or images.
2. One man may live a long time
with another end have poor
opinion Of him. Laban had lived
twenty years with Jacob, and yet he
bluntiy accused him OF stealing.
8. The believer in the one living
and true God Is in a position OF great
superiority to the idolator. Labsn'a
'gods" could be stolen. Not 80 the
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First PresbSsorinn Church.

The congregation was excellent, but
not quite 30 large as on the pre- ceding
Sabbath, the weather being warm.
Mr. Russell Boyd took the part OF bass
In the choir In place Of Mr.. Griffith,
who sings hent eforth in another
church. The text announced by the
pastor, the Rev. DIR. Daniels, was
Romas xii, 2 (lst clause), "Be not con-
formed to this world" Introduction
The spirit with which Paul here en-
forces non-coniormity to the world. 1t
is a spirit OF great tenderness and love.
This is shown by the preceding words,
IL beseech you therefore, brethren, by
the mercies OF God" In this same
spirit Of love it ia the duty Of every
preacher TO rebuke sin and to exhort
to non-conformity TO the world on the
part of Christians. After the intro
duction worldliness was defined. 1t
was anything which, not aiming at the
glory OF God or not requested by the
will of God, is directed to worldly end
or shaped by worldly means. This
text was then applied (D TO
the pulpit, especially to sensa-
tional preaching; (2) to much
OF our so called religious singing, (3)
to certain public amusements, (4)
more particularly ito the one which
has engaged so much thought OF so
many people in this city during the
past week This was condemned be.
cause Of lis cruelty to helpless beasts;
bee ause Of its cruelty to men and be-
Gauss Of the stimulus 1t gives to thu
spirit and the practice OF systemic, ID
gln b ling. With an exhoTtation to
strong aud Influential Christian men;
to conscientious Christian women and
to the children Of the church, the
sermon closed.
The service in the late Afternoon was
we'll attended, especially by the
young. The discussion of the topic
OF the morning was resumed. Two
questions were answered. First: How
far may Christian 20 toward world
liness without FORGETTING his right to
bs called a Christian? To this was
replied: l. That the question itself
generally indicated loss OF personal
spirituality. No Christian living in
full discharge Of religious duty would
be likely to ask the question. 2. But
in any case OF conscientious per-
plexity, the Christian was advised to
make tbs matter one Of prayer, and to
seek light by reading Gods word.
There he would find that the doubtful
thing, by reason of that very doubt,
became TO him the unlawful thing;
that the law Of love requires absti-
hence from indulgence when indul-
gence may ruin the souls Of others,
and that many things, lawful in them.
selves, becomes unlawful by reason OF
the associations necessarily connected
with them.
Second-Why does God not wish us
to be conformtd to the world2 An.
swer: /. Not because He is unwilling
that we should be happy. 2. But be-
cause the world is not coniormed to
Him. 3. Because they who are con-
formed to the world shall experiences
the worlds fnal doom, whether their
names are upon the chnrch book or
not. 4. Because the world Ia too small
and too transitory 10 satisfy an immor-
tai soul.
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DIAMOND DOTS.
game today.


BRADLRY's men are playing ball.
GAME will be called at o'clock.
BLACK and Crotty for Memphis thit
afternoon.
ED Hogan wants his release from
Nashville.
WE need another catcher. Baker
is being overworked.
DAvEY FoRoR's finger is improving.
He may play this afternoon.
SNEED and his men will make q
mighty effort to win today's game.
DEIsTEL will umpire the games here
All we ask of Joe is square deal.
"TRIoKv" NICHOLS, the we'll known
pitcher, mas signed with Savannah.
BOBBY BLACK, pitched a nice game in
Nashville, but Che umpire did moi
think 80.
NEW ORLEANS follows Nashville
They will play their frat game here
Friday.
THE Front Street Blues defeated the
Winchester street club by a score Of
81 to II.
In fridays game at New Orleans
Williams, of the Charlestons, was fined
SIS by Umpire Suck.
HUDSON, the st. Louis pitcher, lost
$1,000 in a Chicago gambling house,
recently, aud is suing the gamblers.
NASHVILLE has signed Robt. Greene,
an inhelder, of Hastings, Mich, &C.
commended by Bennett and Baldwin.
jim MANNING, OF Detroit, is expect
ed to sign with New Orleans. He will
be a great addition to the fielding,
batting and base running strength Of
the nine.
THE fernando Street Pickups de.
ieated the Linden Street Stars by a
score Of 10 to 7. The features of the
game were Frsnsiola's pitching and
Readers work behind the bat.
LET all those who attend the games
with Nashville show :ihe players and
others from the Rock City that the
people of Memphis know how to be-
have themselves when they attend
public entertainments.
The Gymnastics defeated the Dean
Avenue Dew Drops yesterday by q
score of IL to 10. The features OF the
ga ne were the pitching of ]. Lane, the
batting OF Fransiola and F. Morton,
and the catching of II. Smith.
NKw ORLEANS States: In order to
allow the people of the city an oppor.
tunity to see the first game this sea-
son between New Orleans AID Mem
phis on next Saturday, the Msss ippi
Valley Railroad Company will run an
excursion. to the Bluff City Friday.
The price Of tickets has been fixed at
So for the round tip, good for five
days, 30 that person who goes may
see the entire four games. From pres
emit indications large crowd will take
OF the opportunity offered.
NASHVILLE American: 1t was quite
to see Sneed and Black
scrambling up the right field embank-
ment after the ball. Both made an eff
fort ct the same moment to get the
ball, when Sneed slipped and rolled to
the bottom, followed closely by Black
coming down head foremost. Hardly
had the ball been felded into the dia-
mond when one of the small boys on
the bleaching boards began to sing:
Jack and Bobbie went up the hill
To catch ball Of leather;
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Bobbie came tumbling after.
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Christians he cannot have his God
stolen.
A. Awiie may bring great trouble
on her husband. Rachel stole her
fathers gods" and her husband was
b AIMED for It.
B. A may may live a long time with
his wife, think he understands her
perfectly and yet be in the dark re-
garding her. Jacob had known Rachel
twenty years, had been married to her
at least thirteen years, and in all
probability never dreamed that she
was capable Of stealing anything.
s. Family government lies at the
root of the whole subject. Having a
father with the ldisposition OF Laban,
and having gods" or ''imsges" in the
home, II 10 not surprising that Rachel
was what she was. II children are to
be refined, heightened, christly, these
qualities must be in the psrents.
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The "KtdAo Lose.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, May 1.-The vete.
ran catcher Snyder's influence with
the Cleveland Kids is remarkable,
and they play very different bill with
him at the helm. Cleveland gave the
Browns hard fight today and nearly
downed them. The champions
played csrelessly in the field, hut
their hitting was sgain brilliant. The
best features Of the,game were 0'Neil's
magnificent slugging, making four safe
hits, including two two baggers, Com
iskey's home run and three bag drives,
a brilliant left hand etop by La
than, Welch's backward running
catch, Msnn's general work and Strick.
er's brilliant fielding. About 5000 peo-
pie were in attendance. Score--St,
Louis, IA; Cleveland, Is.
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With Songs OF Praise and Able
Ministerial Discourses to
Large Congregations.
DIR. WHITES DEATH FEELINHLY
ANNOUNCED AT CALVARY
BY Bishop misunderstanding
Series Of Sermons by DR..
J. ID. Briney.
DIR. LONGS SERMON AT THE
STRANGERS CHURCH.
DIR. Daniels Urges the Cause OF
MISUNDERSTANDING serv-
Ices ut st. Peters.

The church attendance yesterday
was large, the delightful weather in
ducing people to leave their homes
and repair to the houses of God. Elk.
cellent discourses were delivered by
the respective pastors, and appended
will be found synopsis OF several ser.
mons which the religious editor OF the
APPEAL secured for publication. The
presentation of these discourses in the
Monday morning APPEAL is a feature
that is duly appreciated by the public.
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ties. He was not ~ great "a Panl In
tellectually nor 90 John spiritually,
and he was probably the most tickle
Of them all. In no sense was he al
for the foundation Of the church Of
God.
This conclusion Is strengthened by
the. following Scriptures; l. "For
other foundation can no man lay than
that which Is laid, which Is Jesus
Christ" This passage declares EN-.
phstically that Christ is the founda-
ton, and that no other can be laid. A
church, therefore, that rests upon any
foundation other than Christ Is not
the church Of Christ. 2. "For they
drank Of spiritual rock that followed
them, and the rock was Christ" The
word rendered rock in this pasfa 20 is
petra, the same word that, in the text,
indicates the foundation OF the church.
Christ raid that the church was TO be
built on petra, and Paul says
that the petra is Christ. There is a
sense in which Peter is an integral
part Of the foundation Of the church,
but the other apostles and prophets OF
the new covenant are also parts Of the
foundation on an equal footing with
Peter. This is plain from the follow
ing scripture: being built upon the
foundation OF the apostles aud
prophets, Christ Jesus himself being
the chief corner stone" Here the
apostles are all represented 40 occupy
ing subordinate positions in the foun-
dation-Peter among the rest and as
the rest-while Christ is made promi-
nent as the chief corner stone.
But how is Christ the foundation OF
the church, A person can be the
foundation OF an institution composed
Of men and women, only from the
standpoint Of come truth concern
ing him or some principal taught
by him originally, and this enables US
to see that Peter could not he the
foundation OF the church. Ii does
not rest on any truck concerning him,
nor any principle originally taught by
him. Peter had just confessed the
truth that Jesus is the son
of God. This truth stands in the
realm of truth as "rock or cliff OF
immense size," and it is the petra
upon which the church is founded.
Hence, wherever the apostles went
building churches they fret laid the
by preaching Jesus Christ
as the son OF God, and then built
thereupon by requiring the people to
confess Christ to be the son of God
and be bspti1, ID in his name as the
son of God. The church could not |
and does not rest upon a human be-
ing, but upon the eternal, i'm
and immutable truth that
Jesus Christ Is Gods son. This gives
10 the church its Importance, its
power, Its authority, its utility and its
durability. 1t rests on q foundation
hat endures forever.
Next Sunday morning Mr.. Briney
will discuss the time and place OF the
OF the church.
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Cincinnati Defeated.

LoUILvnLR, KY, May lit was as
warm as upon summer day this after.
noon, and the ball Park was packed
with a crowd which numbered be-
tween 1000 and 5000 people. The home
club put up great game all around.
Hecker's work at the bat was note
worthy, while Ramsay and Kerins
played brilliantly in their respective
positions. Cincinnati failed to size up
the delivery Of the former, hut Louis.
vile for once batted Mullane freely.
The latter was fined three times by
Umpire Waleh, His delivery was lille
gal, and the fines were due TO his an.
CRY retorts when corrected. Score:
Louisville, s; Cincinnati, 4.
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TODAY'S GAME.

The Nashville team, with big
Chief" George Bradley at its head,
will arrive in the city this morning
and this afternoon at Citizens Park
will cross bats with the Memphis
club. 1t will be the first Of a series
of four championship games to be
played here between the two teams.
Both mines will be on their mettle,
and the game will certainly be good
one. Black and Orotty will be the
battery for the locale, and they prom.
Use to make it warm for Bradley's
boys. Corcorsn will probably occupy
the points for Nashville. The game
will be called at 4 o'clock.
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NJ. Peters Church.

The fine weather brought out an un-
usually large crowd of worshippers.
Father Edelen celebrated the o'clock
mass, Father Moran the 9o'clock aud
Father Ashtield the late mass, at IL 80
o'clock. The choir, under the direc
ton OF Prof, Winkler, rendered Will
bers Mass in g. After the gospel the
Rev. Father Edelen delivered an able
and eloquent discourse, taking as bis
text st. John XIX, % 90: "Receive We
the Holy Ghost; whose sins you shall
forgive, they are forgiven, and whose
sins you shall retain they are re-
tainsd." st. John TX 90, %, This
passage from the lips of our Lord after
His resurrection from the dead has
the same force as the command, go
teach all nations, baptizing them In
the name OF the Father, the Son aud
the Holy Ghost" II we ignore one
we may properly ignore the other and
thus blot out all au hority to preach
the gospel at all. The early Chris
tians understood theee words 10 refer
to sacramental confession, as prac-
ticed in the Catholic Church today.
Even when come sought to destroy
the church aud form separate churches,
confession was retained. The Arians,
HISTORIANS and other heretics did not
give up eacramental confession. The
power to pardon is given to civil au.
thorities, and yet it seems improbable
to many that Almighty God In estab-
fishing His church should give this
power to His priests.
Solemn vespers were celebrated at |
1880 pm. with Father Moran cele.
brsnt, Fsthes Ryan deacon and Fa.
Their Edelen sub-deacon. The altar
was brilliantly lighted and the rich |
veetments worn by the ministers
glowed in the. light as waters of bur-
nished gold. After the magnIfical
was sung, a beautiful and impressives
ceremony took place. 1t consisted of |
the Rosary procession preceded by |
the cross bearer and attendant acco- |
lyths and composed Of 100 young girls,
robed In white and bearing In their |
hands boquets OF beautiful flowers. |
They presented lovely appearar CO
as they fled along, all from the little
cherub oil or 5 years to the young
maiden In her teens chanting the
beautiful Litany Of the Blessed Virgin,
After the girls came long file OF altar
boys In red cassocks and lace surplice.
At the rear came the ministers,
blending from time to time
their deep voices with the childrens'
light tones, In response to the inyoca-
tions Of the Litany. On returning TO
the altar the children arranged them.
selves on either side, while Ave little
misses, approaching the statue OF our
Blessed Mother, in simple words
offered to her the tributes OF their de.
votion ald crowned her as Queen OF
May. Then, while singing hymn, all
around the statue, and while
pas'ng deposited at its base the bo-
quets which they had hitherto borne
in their handle. At the close, and while
for the benediction, Miss
Jones sang a beautiful "Ave Maria"
and rs the sweet, soft notes Aoated
through the gothic arches, one could
not imagine more touching prayer.
The services terminated with bene.
fiction OF the blessed sacrament.
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Summary: Runs earned-Charles-
ton, 8. Two base hits-Bright and
Lewis. Three base hits-Hines, z.
First base on balls-By Smith, 2.
Struck out-By Hunger, 4; by Smith,
10. Wild pitches-Hungler, 2. Time
OF game-0ne hour and forty minutes.
Umpire-Atkinsln.
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MOBILE, ALA, May l.--Charleston
downed Mobile, assisted in their god
batting and fielding by the umpiring Of
Atkinson. There is a general COM
plant on his calling strikes and balls.
The grand stand joined in the chorus,
calling the opposite on each. Mobile
had five errors, but nevertheless played
a strong game, getting more men to
bat and copious nits, but fine fielding
and pitching saved the score. The
Mobiles scored on punched hits.
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Summary: Earned funs-NeW Or
leans, 8; Savannah, l. Two base bits
-Pujol, Murphy, Wells. Home run
Pellz. Left ON bases-New Orleans,
6; Savannah,6 Struck out-By Powell,
8. First base on errors-New Or
leans, 4; Savannah, 8. First base
on called bslls-New Orleans, 4.
Balls called - On Powell, 38;
on Emslie, 60. Strikes called-Of
Powell, Al; off Emslie, AZ. Passed
balls-Dallss, !. Total bases on hits
New Orleans, 20; Savannah Time
of game-One hours and As minutes.
Umpire-Suck.
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